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The Motorcycle Diaries

The Motorcycle Diaries

Notes on a Latin American Journey

by Ernesto Che Guevara
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/04/2014

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A new edition from Ocean Press of the young Che Guevara's lively and highly entertaining travel diary is published
to coincide with the new movie from Robert Redford and Walter Salles based on the
books.


New features of this new
edition include:




a new, completely revised translation
a tender preface by Che's
daughter, Aleida Guevara, offering a loving and insightful perspective on
her father - the man and the icon
Che's own more mature
reflections on his dreams and aspirations as a young man expressed in a
speech to Cuban medical students in 1960.
24 pages of unpublished photos taken by the 23-year old Ernesto on his journey


"A
journey, a number of journeys. Ernesto Guevara in search of adventure, Ernesto
Guevara in search of America, Ernesto Guevara in search of Che. On this journey
of journeys, solitude found solidarity, 'I' turned into 'we'." - Eduardo Galeano


"If the film reaches a younger audience, I hope it
will inspire people to read The
Motorcycle Diaries." - Walter Salles, film director
ISBN:
9781876175702
9781876175702
Category:
Travel writing
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-04-2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
Ocean Press
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
175
Dimensions (mm):
215x140x13mm
Weight:
0.29kg
Ernesto Che Guevara

Ernesto Guevara De La Serna was born in Rosario, Argentina, on June 14, 1928. While studying for a medical degree in Buenos Aires, he took a trip with his friend Alberto Granado on an old Norton motorcycle through all of Latin America, the basis for The Motorcycle Diaries. During his travels he witnessed the Bolivian revolution in 1953; and, in Guatemala in 1954, the overthrow of the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz by US-backed forces.

Forced to leave Guatemala, he went to Mexico City, where he linked up with exiled Cuban revolutionaries and met Fidel Castro in 1955. Che joined their expedition to Cuba, where the revolutionary war began in the Sierra Maestra mountains. At first Che was the troop doctor, and later became Rebel Army commander in July 1957. Following the rebels' victory on January 1, 1959, he was a key leader of the new revolutionary government and also of the political organization that in 1965 became the Communist Party of Cuba.

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